Super Steet Fighter 4: The Arcade Edition

I love Street Fighter.  It’s my favourite series out of the fighting genera.  So when Capcom released Street Fighter 4 I was ecstatic!  Months went by and Capcom did an update with Street Fighter 4 adding new characters and better multiplayer, calling it Super Street Fighter 4.  Again, I thought this was cool since the last game was pretty awesome.  SSFIV was great; so you think Capcom is done updating this game.  WRONG!  Here comes Super Street Fighter 4:  The Arcade Edition.  Capcom is notorious for updating this series and milking it for all its worth.   Well, I`m here to discuss the latest installment; Super Street Fighter 4:  The Arcade Edition.  I already own a copy of SSFIV, So I`ll be discussing the DLC package.

Recently the Arcade Edition DLC was released; Adding 4 new characters, fixing balance issues, and adding more to the multiplayer features.  The new characters in this latest installment consist of Evil Ryu, Oni, Yun and Yang.  This brings the roster up to 39 playable characters.  The new characters are definitely some the best fighters to choose from.   Out of the four new characters I find Yang to be the best with his speed and target combos, he can do the most damage.  The same goes for Yun but I like using Yang.  Each new character has the animated intro and ending to their story modes just like the rest of the characters.  They added a few more features as well.  In the replay channel, they added an ELITE CHANNEL where you can view the replays of world class players so you can learn how to fight like they do.  In MY CHANNEL ADVANCE, replays can be both viewed publicly and saved.  Hosts can open a channel and play replays, and guests in the channel can save those replays to MY LIST.   They also added new titles and icons for the new characters which you can include on your online player card.

Now there are some down sides to this game as well.  As I mentioned before about the new titles and icons; they are unlocked the instant you start the game leaving less things to unlock.  Also they are no trail modes for any of the new characters and it also clearly states that they are not compatible in trial mode and reverts back to normal SSFIV.  I also found that these new characters are a bit over powered; especially online.  I also like to see more dialogue from the new characters during the battle with their respective rivals. 

Overall, this game is beautifully designed and the fighting is just awesome.  However, I like to see Capcom make a few tweaks in this game such as Trial modes for Evil Ryu, Oni, Yun and Yang.  Adding extra dialogue and balancing the new characters because they are just too strong.  Hopefully they will do it with a patch.   If you already have a copy of SSFVI you should download it.  Its only 1200 Microsoft points or; you can pick up a hard copy for 40$. My final verdict, I give this game a 7.5 outta 10.  It’s worth checking it out!

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